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I'm looking for a full size .45 platform to use for a range/plinking/fun gun but the gun will have a suppressor on it pretty much 90 percent of the time.
I've heard the TRP (or any 1911 for the matter) is hard to get to run reliably. The FNP seems like a good choice and with all its factory options, would be a cheaper option than the 1911 but some people seem to not like it's safety mechanism or its trigger.
If money was not an option, which would you guys choose?
I have both...and like both more than any other handguns I own. I like my Sig P-220 Carry too....but not quite as much.
My TRP is my daily carry which I bought new, has several thousand rounds down the pipe, has never has so much as a hiccup, and which I have zero issues trusting my life to both it's accuracy and it's reliability.
I haven't had my FNP-45 Tactical nearly as long, but it's just so ergonomically friendly...I can't help but love it too. Not withstanding the 15+1 capacity of 45 acp goodness, it's got a great trigger and is as accurate as I am. Considering the size difference with a red dot sight and the larger frame size....it's currently relegated to range and SHTF duties. Add the Osprey and it's just too damn big to carry concealed.
The only shortcomings between the two pistols are:
The TRP has to be custom fit with a threaded barrel....before I would trust it to be as reliable as it was stock. I wouldn't have been able to trust it's reliability had I merely bought a 'drop in' threaded barrel.
The FNP has an inherent flaw in that, if the thumb safety/decocker is held down inadvertently....the gun will not fire. Not a characteristic that lends itself to rapid defensive CCW type situations. Tactical use, OK....but I won't plan on 'quick drawing' and putting this gun into a defensive posture....it may not go bang.
Range/fun/plinking gun out of the box? The FNP45 Tactical....hands down. Reliable CCW pistol....TRP.